Research, News & Discoveries

Jul. 22, 2021, 9:51 AM   by Leigh MacMillan Neil Osheroff, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, has been elected to a leadership position for a council of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Osheroff, who holds the John G. Coniglio… Read More

July 23 is National Women Touched by Addiction Day, an awareness day created by Nashville nonprofit Mending Hearts to recognize women who have faced addiction firsthand or have felt its effects through others, and to call for the destigmatization of addiction. In recognition of this day,… Read More

Jul. 22, 2021, 10:20 AM Madison Adolph, PhD, left, David Cortez, PhD, and Archana Krishnamoorthy are studying fundamental processes involved in DNA replication. (photo by Susan Urmy) by Leigh MacMillan One protein. One mechanism of action. Two biologically opposite effects. “It’s conceptually unexpected and interesting for a protein to switch… Read More

By: Wendy Bindeman David Cortez, Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry and professor of biochemistry, has been appointed chair of the Department of Biochemistry beginning July 1, 2021. Cortez first joined the Department of Biochemistry in 2002 as an assistant professor, and became a professor of biochemistry… Read More

By Lorena Infante Lara Beginning on July 1, the Program for Extracellular Vesicle Research got an upgrade and became one of the nine official centers and institutes associated with the School of Medicine Basic Sciences. The Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research will be led… Read More

By Ashley Brady A new collaborative initiative from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, the BRET Office of Career Development’s ASPIRE Program, and Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization will be supporting a biomedical sciences postdoctoral fellow to lead a start-up company to… Read More

by Marissa Shapiro Jun. 24, 2021, 9:00 AM Series of de-lipidated (“cleared”) mouse brains imaged using light sheet microscopy to reveal neural circuits marked by viral tracing strategies. THE IDEA This may lead to collaboration to look for targets affecting the motor cortex and… Read More

Jun. 22, 2021, 7:39 AM Five monoclonal antibody “cocktails,” including one developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), are protective in animal studies against several variant strains of COVID-19, according to a report this week in the journal Nature. The findings suggest that many of the combination antibody therapies currently… Read More

un. 16, 2021, 2:02 PM The Academy for Excellence in Education was established in November of 2006. The founding membership was comprised of 44 distinguished medical educators. The Academy provides a forum to foster higher levels of participation and promote excellence and scholarship in the delivery of education to health… Read More

Jun. 17, 2021, 9:00 AM By Jenna Somers Houra Merrikh For the second year in a row, Professor of Biochemistry Houra Merrikh has been named a finalist for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the life sciences category for her discovery of a potential solution… Read More